Even though I deserve an for this, I heard that Rudy ended up as a maintenance man working at Notre Dame after he graduated. Much like the guy Charles Dutton played in the movie. Bottom line - we all have dreams, but be smart.

My kid's classmate up till last year, is going for it. He's 13 and a 2.5-ish handicap (he seems to par/birdie every hole). He really wants to be a pro. He went from a 7-8 HC down to a 2-3 HC over this last summer by playing "a lot" (guessing 10 hours a day?). He has not finished growing (he's a little shorter than my son at only 5'4"), and we are guessing he has another 5" to 6" of growing left. He already knocks the ball a long way off the tee.

Meanwhile, my son's HC is steadily increasing (especially since we have only 3 days till the Fall Outing ) to about a 20HC. Too much homework, taking 6 honors classes and one regular class. His life goal right now, is to become a neurosurgeon and play golf only for fun. This is also a really tough goal.

Not sure which one will reach his goal, but if they both really work at it. Maybe it could happen?

My kid's classmate up till last year, is going for it. He's 13 and a 2.5-ish handicap (he seems to par/birdie every hole). He really wants to be a pro. He went from a 7-8 HC down to a 2-3 HC over this last summer by playing "a lot" (guessing 10 hours a day?). He has not finished growing (he's a little shorter than my son at only 5'4"), and we are guessing he has another 5" to 6" of growing left. He already knocks the ball a long way off the tee.

Meanwhile, my son's HC is steadily increasing (especially since we have only 3 days till the Fall Outing ) to about a 20HC. Too much homework, taking 6 honors classes and one regular class. His life goal right now, is to become a neurosurgeon and play golf only for fun. This is also a really tough goal.

Not sure which one will reach his goal, but if they both really work at it. Maybe it could happen?

The only problem with having a 3 hdcp is that so many people have it. On my golf team we have a .6 a 1.3 a 3.3 and a bunch later there is me (5.8-should be about a 3 by 2014 once I play rounds)

I think if you want to turn pro you should keep working on your game than if you are a little better than you can asses if you can do it. But he has a lot more to do if he is still a 3

My kid's classmate up till last year, is going for it. He's 13 and a 2.5-ish handicap (he seems to par/birdie every hole). He really wants to be a pro. He went from a 7-8 HC down to a 2-3 HC over this last summer by playing "a lot" (guessing 10 hours a day?). He has not finished growing (he's a little shorter than my son at only 5'4"), and we are guessing he has another 5" to 6" of growing left. He already knocks the ball a long way off the tee.

Meanwhile, my son's HC is steadily increasing (especially since we have only 3 days till the Fall Outing ) to about a 20HC. Too much homework, taking 6 honors classes and one regular class. His life goal right now, is to become a neurosurgeon and play golf only for fun. This is also a really tough goal.

Not sure which one will reach his goal, but if they both really work at it. Maybe it could happen?

Not knowing anything about the 2 kids beyond what you have just said, I'd put your kid at least 2 orders of magnitude (i.e, 100x) more likely to reach his goal. There are a LOT more neurosurgeons than there are successful touring pros.